A pensioner is facing jail after being convicted of a string of sex offences dating back to 1996.

Leslie Brain was found guilty of a dozen offences by jurors at Oxford Crown Court yesterday.

The 78-year-old, of Mold Crescent, Banbury, abused two girls between 1996 and 2001.

He was cleared of two counts of incitement to commit an act of gross indecency but convicted of 12 indecent assaults.

Brain was bailed to be sentenced on July 16 but was warned by Judge Gordon Risius that prison was an option.